A post explaining a disinformation tactic prevalent in South African social media spaces and how it can and must be defeated. โ๐ฝ
There is a disinformation and social media manipulation tactic called "mass brigading," often used by political parties and "movements" to silence dissent. It involves a group of users banding together to discredit someone expressing a different opinion by flooding their comment sections with negative comments and insults.
You know the usual culprits: the anti-democratic forces seeking to sow discord, polarise, incite and normalise violence, stifle democracy, and encourage you not to vote.
Mass brigading works because no one likes to be piled on. People self-censor to escape it.
DO NOT BE FEARFUL. DO NOT SHRINK. DO NOT SELF-CENSOR. NEVER FOLD.
I honestly couldnโt give two whatnots about being mass-brigaded. Come one, come all. Bring uBobby noSnoopy wakini futhi. BABIZE. Continue and, thanks for the engagement and boosting my views opposing your need to destabilise South Africa in the Twitter algorithm, now more will see it.
Basically, and in French: f them and their Mama.
In uMageba: Ngeke ngizwe ngawe.
Mass brigading can be defeated by refusing to be silenced. Hundreds of accounts with 2 followers, no profile picture, anonymous, flooding your mentions? Those are not real people but unthinking minions sent to silence you. Will you be silenced and let them win?
Could never be you, my darling.
Stand firmly on principle and refuse to budge. Stiffen your backbone and SPEAK (WRITE).
Our democracy will hold.
Hugs and kisses. Country Duty activated.
HAAK ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ช